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• v  be agreeable or acceptable to
• v  make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
• v  provide with something desired or needed
  Can you accommodate me with a rental car?
• v  have room for; hold without crowding
  This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
• v  provide housing for
• v  provide a service or favor for someone
• v  make (one thing) compatible with (another)
  The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

• For Gen X, it means moving in and out of the workforce to accommodate kids and outside interests.
• The one big exception was a monster truck so enormous that the course had to be widened to accommodate it.
• He is not a crusader, however, and will try to accommodate the imperatives of both sides.

• suit
• fit
• adapt
• hold
• admit
• lodge
• oblige
• reconcile
• conciliate

• disoblige

News & Articles

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• McCafferty Says BOE Policy Should Reflect Cause of Pound’s Drop
  Bank of England policy maker Ian McCafferty said officials should decide whether to accommodate a consumer-price shock from a drop in the pound based on the reasons for the move in the currency.
  June 14, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Senate women’s restroom expanding to accommodate historic numbers
  The ladies’ room off the Senate floor is being remodeled to accommodate the historic number of women.
  June 12, 2013 - Washington Post
• IBM packs 128TB of flash into brain-simulating supercomputer
  To accommodate all the data needed to model the 70 million neurons that make up a mouse brain, Big Blue is using scads of the same type of memory used for PC solid-state drives.
  June 12, 2013 - CNET

Quotes

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• President Bush in Hartford Courant
  If I were a betting man, we'll reach an agreement with the Iraqis,Bush said. "Of course, we're there at their invitation. It's a sovereign nation ...... We're going to work hard to accommodate their desires. It's their country."
• Pat Bowlen in New York Times
  Therefore, Bowlen said, "We will begin discussions with other teams in an effort to accommodate his request to be traded."
• Roger Goodell in Forbes
  We are trying to accommodate consumers, our fans and the fans of Rutgers, to let them know we are trying to resolve this issue,said Goodell, who said he also has spoken with Gov. Jon Corzine and Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey. "We...